Intel to deliver fix for Raptor Lake CPUs made 'unstable' by voltage snafu

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Intel to deliver fix for Raptor Lake CPUs made 'unstable' by voltage snafu
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Put those pesky crashes in the past with a fun microcode upgrade!

it had confirmed reports that some of its 13th- and 14th-gen silicon – aka Raptor Lake – is wonky on account of"elevated voltage input to the processor due to previous BIOS settings which allow the processor to operate at turbo frequencies and voltages even while the processor is at a high temperature.

The good news is that microcode can be changed, and Intel plans to offer affected users the chance to do just that in mid-August The chip shop has previously explained the problem is present in “Intel Core 13th and 14th Gen desktop processors.”

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